Orphan RV Repair

[HBarlow]

This is JMetzger's post.

I have copied and pasted it here in a new thread because I believe his information could be very valuable to the owner of an older or orphaned RV with no body repair parts available from the manufacturer in the event of major body damage.

I figured it will be easier to find this information at some time in the future if it has its own thread and own title to make it easier to find with the search feature.

Thank JMetzger for obtaining and posting the information if you ever need it.

Harvey, as promised here is the info. I was in Carson City today & I stopped in & talked to my friend. The place is Ruperts Auto Body 2800 S Curry St Carson City, NV 775-883-4484. The contact is Tom Rahme. We talked & he said that repairing RV's for company's no longer in business was no problem as if it was & outer skin they buy a sheet of aluminum or fiberglass & rebuild from there. Most end caps are repairable & if it cannot be repaired a lot of different company's bought out the molds & they work with those company's. He had about 15 to 20 different side designs that they can get & if it doesn't match you RV they re-skin the whole RV. He said that re-skinning an RV is not rocket science. As for wheel skirts they try to replace with original design & if they can't they match it to the closest design to your RV. He said there are about 500 different wheel shirts out there & he showed me where he can still get the same design skirt for my 96 Holiday Rambler. When I was there they had 6 RV's in various stages of repair. I know that they repainted my end caps on my HR when they were so bad & they matched the color perfect. As for strips & designs on RV sides or end caps if they can't match it with new strips they paint the strips as they did on my HR end caps. I hope that is the info that you wanted.

 

[JMetzger]

In what I wrote I forgot to mention compartment doors. If they can't find them they build there own.